The Odyssey
Homer · Ancient · Epic poetry
Modernism · Novel
Ulysses
by James Joyce. One day in Dublin parallels Homer’s Odyssey through radically inventive styles, interior monologue, humor, and myth.
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- Date
- 1922
- Origin
- Ireland
- Era
- Modernism
- Genre
- Novel
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Extremely challenging
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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Why it matters
One day in Dublin parallels Homer’s Odyssey through radically inventive styles, interior monologue, humor, and myth.
This work is included on the basis of great books / bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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